Pope Leo is urging global news agencies never to betray their duty to telling the truth by focusing on "click-bait" articles and to exercise caution in using artificial intelligence tools in their reporting.

"Communication must be freed from the misguided thinking that corrupts it ... and from the degrading practice of so-called click-bait," the Pope said on Thursday.

"I urge you, never sell out your authority."

"You can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing," Leo told journalists attending a conference held by Minds International, a non-profit organisation that includes Reuters and other news agencies.

Leo, the first US pope, also thanked journalists for their work reporting in Ukraine and Gaza and r

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